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Duplicate openssl dgst -sha256 -sign private.pem -out sha256.sig in.dat

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Demonstrates how to duplicate this OpenSSL command:
openssl dgst -sha256 -sign private.pem -out sha256.sig in.dat
The in.dat file can contain text or binary data of any type. The OpenSSL command does the following:
  1. Creates a SHA256 digest of the contents of the input file
  2. Signs the SHA256 digest using the private key.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$pkey = new CkPrivateKey();

// Load the private key from an PEM file:
$success = $pkey->LoadPemFile('private.pem');
if ($success == false) {
    print $pkey->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rsa = new CkRsa();

// Import the private key into the RSA component:
$success = $rsa->UsePrivateKey($pkey);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// OpenSSL uses big-endian.
$rsa->put_LittleEndian(false);

// Load the file to be signed.
$bdFileData = new CkBinData();
$success = $bdFileData->LoadFile('in.dat');

$bdSig = new CkBinData();
$success = $rsa->SignBd($bdFileData,'sha256',$bdSig);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Save the binary signature to a file.
$success = $bdSig->WriteFile('signature.sig');
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Failed to write signature.sig.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>